Abstract: Memoranda, notes, and reports, relating to political and economic conditions in the Ottoman Empire and Latin America, proposals
for new boundaries in Asia Minor, creation of an independent Armenia, and boundary disputes in South America.

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Historical Note

This collection contains records from an organization known as the Inquiry, brought together by Colonel Edward M. House in
1917 at the request of President Woodrow Wilson. The goal of the Inquiry was to anticipate and gather information on various
issues that may come up at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. They conducted voyages to and studies of various countries
and regions throughout the world, then compiled information about the current state of those countries into reports for the
United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains handwritten and typewritten memoranda, notes, and reports related to political and economic conditions
in the Ottoman Empire and Latin America, proposals for new boundaries in Asia Minor, creation of an independent Armenia, and
boundary disputes in South America. The collection's largest focus by far is on the country of Turkey, specifically its politics,
culture, and geography.

The high majority of the material in this collection was written by the Inquiry during 1918 and 1919, but there are a handful
of documents from between 1914 and 1917, and a few scattered as far back as 1898.

Each cardfile appears to be a citation for a document related to this collection, though there are many more cards than documents
in this collection. Many cards have dates, and every card has either an author name or a topic in the upper left hand corner,
by which it is alphabetized.